GOTHAM
\ɡˈɒθəm], \ɡˈɒθəm], \ɡ_ˈɒ_θ_ə_m]\
Definitions of GOTHAM
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By Sir Augustus Henry
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Three wise men of Gotham ; they "went to sea in a bowl,' it is said. G. is a village in Nottingham, with a reputation for folly ; said to be due to absurd customary ervices attached to land tenure there ; but the stories told of the men of Gotham are to be found almost everywhere.
By Henry Percy Smith
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).